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selah
[ see-luh, sel-uh ]
noun
- an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
selah
/ ˈsiːlə /
noun
- a Hebrew word of unknown meaning occurring in the Old Testament psalms, and thought to be a musical direction
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Word History and Origins
Origin of selah1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of selah1
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Example Sentences
As Selah talks to Mora, the two embark on a kind of intertextual journey.
He was a very busy man, de Psalmist—writin' down hymns all day, sharpen'n' his lead-pencil, bossin' 'roun' de choir—callin' Selah!
But—'here comes the Selah and the voice is hushed'—I will speak of other things.
In this view, the word selah directs a repetition of the air or song from the commencement, to the parts where it is placed.
Herder held that selah denoted a swell, or a change in the rapidity of the movement, or in the key.
Afterwards, the Methodist brother learned that he had entertained a Baptist unawares—Selah.
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